Risk

High

Date Discovered

August 4, 2010

Description

Adobe Acrobat and Reader are prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.
An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code within the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.
The following products are affected:
Adobe Reader 9.3.3 and prior
Adobe Acrobat 9.3.3 and prior
Adobe Reader 8.2.3 and prior
Acrobat 8.2.3 and prior

Technologies Affected

Adobe Acrobat 8.1.5

Adobe Acrobat 8.2.2

Adobe Acrobat 8.2.3

Adobe Acrobat 9.1.1

Adobe Acrobat 9.2

Adobe Acrobat 9.3

Adobe Acrobat 9.3.1

Adobe Acrobat 9.3.2

Adobe Acrobat 9.3.3

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.0

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.1

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.2 Security Update 1

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.3

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.4

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.6

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.1.7

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2.1

Adobe Acrobat Professional 8.2.2

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.2

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.1.3

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.2

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.1

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.2

Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.3.3

Adobe Acrobat Reader (for Linux) 9.1.1

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.0

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.1

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.2

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.3

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.4

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.6

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.1.7

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2.1

Adobe Acrobat Standard 8.2.2

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.2

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.1.3

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.2

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.1

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.2

Adobe Acrobat Standard 9.3.3

Adobe Reader 8.0

Adobe Reader 8.1

Adobe Reader 8.1.1

Adobe Reader 8.1.2

Adobe Reader 8.1.2 Security Update 1

Adobe Reader 8.1.3

Adobe Reader 8.1.4

Adobe Reader 8.1.5

Adobe Reader 8.1.6

Adobe Reader 8.1.7

Adobe Reader 8.2

Adobe Reader 8.2.1

Adobe Reader 8.2.2

Adobe Reader 8.2.3

Adobe Reader 9

Adobe Reader 9.1

Adobe Reader 9.1.1

Adobe Reader 9.1.2

Adobe Reader 9.1.3

Adobe Reader 9.2

Adobe Reader 9.3

Adobe Reader 9.3.1

Adobe Reader 9.3.2

Adobe Reader 9.3.3

Redhat Desktop Extras 4

Redhat Enterprise Linux AS Extras 4

Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 Client

Redhat Enterprise Linux ES Extras 4

Redhat Enterprise Linux Extras 4

Redhat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 Server

Redhat Enterprise Linux WS Extras 4

SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP3

SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11

SuSE Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP1

SuSE openSUSE 11.1

SuSE openSUSE 11.2

SuSE openSUSE 11.3

Recommendations

If global access isn't needed, filter access to the affected computer at the network boundary. Restricting access to only trusted computers and networks might greatly reduce the likelihood of a successful exploit.

Deploy NIDS to monitor network traffic for signs of anomalous or suspicious activity. This includes but is not limited to requests that include NOP sleds and unexplained incoming and outgoing traffic. This may indicate exploit attempts or activity that results from a successful exploit.

Do not accept or execute files from untrusted or unknown sources.

To limit exposure to these and other latent vulnerabilities, never handle files that originate from unfamiliar or untrusted sources.

Do not follow links provided by unknown or untrusted sources.

To reduce the likelihood of attacks, never visit sites of questionable integrity or follow links provided by unfamiliar or untrusted sources.

Set web browser security to disable the execution of script code or active content.

Disable support for script code and active content within a client browser to reduce the chances of a successful exploit. Note that this mitigation tactic might adversely affect legitimate websites that rely on the execution of browser-based script code.

Disclaimer
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